Thank you very much, and thanks for this opportunity to talk about Burundi. I very much welcome this session, especially as Burundi has been slipping away from the international headlines, despite the fact that the crisis is becoming more and more entrenched.
By way of introduction, Human Rights Watch has been working on Burundi since the 1990s. We've had a presence in Burundi since that time until the end of last year, when the situation just became too insecure for us to remain there. But we've continued going in and out, and we remain in daily contact with people in the country.
I want to talk a bit about the origins of the current crisis first, and then I will describe some of the main patterns of human rights violations, and finally, suggest what could be done about it. If I speak for too long, would the chair please indicate that and cut me off?